Random Stuff

So Gen is officially in - I made her sit down and register this weekend. YAY!

In other news ...

Worked out Thursday and Friday with one of the girls at work and oh my god did she kill me! I'll be the first one to admit that I often get in workout ruts - if you spend too long doing the same things, your body doesn't react as well anymore. So, doing other, different things was a nice shock. My legs have recovered from Thursday, but my core is still dead from Friday (and it's monday!). Still, I haven't had that sort of workout pain in a while so it was awesome. :)

Dropped my bike off today to get tuned so I'll get that back on Friday, which is good. I then had the genius idea to try and run home from REI ... yeah, not so much. I'm still kind of sick which means I'm still mucus-y ... which means running isn't so pleasant outside. Saturday's 5k is going to be f.u.n., let me tell you. Still, I probably made it about halfway home (running/walking) before I gave up and called my mom to come get me.

Since I'm still kind of mad with myself for that one, I'm going to go force myself to run some more tonight at the gym on the treadmill.

Gripes and pains and all the joys of training! : )

Man, I suck at checking this thing lately. I've been soooooo soooooo sooooooo stressed at work, but luckily my job is over in two days (so now I am trying to find a new, hopefully less stressful job! Hurray!) Anyway, T, sorry to hear that things royally suck for you but exercise and forcing a positive attitude go a LONG way, surprisingly.

So I've been working out with my personal trainer Kristin for the past like 5 weeks and it's interesting, because it definitely helps and she created a super in-depth plan for me to adhere to during the week so that I can build my aerobic base and get to a point where I'm burning calories more efficiently. It's interesting, because I thought that I would be in super awesome shape (or at least getting there) but I don't really see that much of a difference. I'm guilty of weighing myself every single day, bad habit, and I gained weight! I guess I SORT of understand the whole "muscle weighs more than fat" argument, but damnit, I want to lose weight! I don't care that I'm building muscle, I don't want to ever have to look at that stupid number on the scale ever again.

So that's my gripe. But workouts are getting easier so I know that my fitness level is increasing, which is good. Two weekends ago I had the GENIUS idea to RUN from my house to the gym (7 miles on a concrete sidewalk the whole way). My hips and shins were killing me after that stint, but it was awesome to see that I could handle it!

I finally got my bike tuned and decided to go for a ride yesterday since it was sooo nice outside. I hadn't ridden my bike in approximately four years, so it was awkward at first trying to get used to my gears again, etc, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. I ended up riding around town for two hours yesterday. Needless to say, my ass is pretty damn sore but it was sure fun and I'd like to get out to ride some trails soon. I definitely want to check out the trail at the Cherry Creek Rez, too, so that I can determine whether or not I should slap some road tires on my mountain bike for the race. If anyone wants to go for a ride sometime to check out the course, that'd be great.

I'm excited about the 5K in Boulder next weekend. I've been wanting to check out Kinetics anyway because it's basically just a big party by the beach in Boulder. It'll be great to get out and get a practice race in. Plus, a pancake breakfast at the finish line? I'm so there.

So I guess I'll keep on truckin'... but I wish the number on that damn scale would start going down! Maybe your two-a-day workouts aren't such a bad idea, T!

Determined

So since my life has turned into a crazy mixed-up bag of drama and general crap, I've decided that the way to get through it is to start training hardcore (well, and i need to anyway), which means two-a-days (at least).

This means (hopefully) that I will:

• Be at the gym only to swim, elliptical it and lift, unless inclement weather
• Run outside (a lot), which also includes stairs at Red Rocks as soon as lung-ly possible
• Get my bike in to get tuned so I can start doing the C-470 bike trail AND bike to work
• Go to the park to do sprint workouts AND the return of the plyometrics
• Act like a kid and hula-hoop and jump rope - both good for me, but also a way to keep it fun

This is the plan, at least - hopefully I'll stick to it. I may also run on the treadmill at the gym since my lungs seem to like the treadmill a bit more than outside - well that, and the treadmill forces the legs to keep moving. However, I should actually go back to the rec center and run on their track, too - still get just the plain running stuff but without the crap outside that makes it worse on the ol' lungs.

Oh, and Amber's doing the 5k on May 5th with me so YAY!

Anyone Up for a Training 5k?

Sooo ... anyone up for a pre-tri 5k? Saw a pamphlet at work for the "10th Annual 97.3 KBCO Kinetic 5K Race Around the Rez" which apparently takes place in Boulder on Saturday, May 5. The race is at 9am, is $15 before May 3 (no shirt), $20 before April 27 (with shirt) or $25 on race day (if spots available). Info is on the KBCO Web site, where you can also register (without mailing in something). I'm crazy and thinking of doing it ... partially because it will mean I get to take the day off from work - woo!

In terms of training updates, stupid vacations throw me off like whoa. Also crappy is I'm apparently one of those people who can't take more than two days off in a row without completely killing any progress I've made. Boo. Oh well, just more motivation to kick my own ass I guess ...